On the edge of an abyss?
They will have to watch carefully to be sure that the competitive space into which the predator in front of them is so joyfully leaping does not lie at the edge of a cliff.
Does "at the edge of a cliff" mean the same as the expression "on the edge of an abyss" in the sentence above?
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For that sentence the two expressions are very nearly equivalent. However, when taken literally, cliffs and abysses are two different things. " abyss: a large deep hole that appears to have no bottom; an immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time" (Loren Eiseley).
- For that sentence the two expressions are very nearly equivalent.
- However, when taken literally, cliffs and abysses are two different things.
- " abyss: a large deep hole that appears to have no bottom; an immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time" (Loren Eiseley).
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For that sentence the two expressions are very nearly equivalent.
However, when taken literally, cliffs and abysses are two different things.
cliff: the steep side of an area of high land; a high, steep, or overhanging face of rock: "They pushed the car over the edge of the cliff."
abyss: a large deep hole that appears to have no bottom; an immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or
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